how many of you use public transportation to get around?

[joe camel]

Ido  even though the buses in my town suck. One comes every hour. $3 day pass, $1.25 one way or $30 for 30 days. The buses do have good ac though thats the only upside. They don't get you where your going fast and i have to leave at least 2 hours early to get to work on time.

Hows the public transit in your city?

[Township Rebellion]

The public transportation system here is pretty decent, since it's Vancouver and all. I use the skytrain sometimes for going into town, easier than trying to find a place to park.

By and large though, 9 times out of 10 driving beats the shit out of public transport, congestion and dumbass drivers be damned. I prefer my classic car - though I can't drive it until january due to bureaucracy, so my beater work van will have to do.

[helladamnleet]

I have, and I don't mind it at all. It's $1.86 one way, or you can get a 10 ride pass for $14 or something. If it actually came all the way out where I am (I'm actually 10 miles outside of Red Wing) I'd probably use it to run bags.

[aldra]

I have been lately since my car was smashed to bits. trains are delayed fairly regularly and are expensive as fuck, but the worst part is having to wade through all the aboriginals between the train station and work.

fuck buses though, I hate them. I'll always remember the nightride about 10 years ago (here, trains stop at like 1AM and start again at 5AM, to be replaced by 'nightride' buses that follow the train stations) with the driver who I'm pretty sure was even more drunk than me. he blasted through red lights and stopped at a green light, and got mad as fuck if you wanted to get off the bus. he'd yell at you, then park the bus across three lanes of (light, it was 3am) traffic while you got off. he thrashed it all the way, went flying over speed humps and islands and almost put it sideways regularly.

to make things worse, this was the night ride so everyone was drunk, high or otherwise fucked to pieces. someone had vomited into a bag and tied it off, but it wasn't airtight - it'd roll all over the bus leaving a sickly trail like a fucked-up paint roller. which made more people vomit.

[ak907]

Had to use the bus the last couple months til I got a car and my license back. Shit sucks lol 2$ to ride or 5$ for a day. Plus all the nasty fuckin ak natives. I was on the bus and some fat bitch came in and I thought someone had a nasty fart but it lasted til the bitch walked off the bus and when she got up and walked the whole back of her dress was stained brown and she had shit dripping down her leg. I'm never taking the bus again. I'll walk.

[Soso0]

I have yet to have a car so I'm stuck with riding the bus. Luckily the bus system is pretty nice here. We have buses that run every 15 minutes and a few light rails. The only downsides to riding the bus are that during the harsh winters they will run late and that it's a bit more difficult to catch a bus to the surrounding suburbs. Then of course you will occasionally find homeless or smelly ass people but that's occurs the most on certain bus lines.

[John Smith]

I'll always remember the nightride about 10 years ago (here, trains stop at like 1AM and start again at 5AM, to be replaced by 'nightride' buses that follow the train stations) with the driver who I'm pretty sure was even more drunk than me. he blasted through red lights and stopped at a green light, and got mad as fuck if you wanted to get off the bus. he'd yell at you, then park the bus across three lanes of (light, it was 3am) traffic while you got off. he thrashed it all the way, went flying over speed humps and islands and almost put it sideways regularly.

to make things worse, this was the night ride so everyone was drunk, high or otherwise fucked to pieces. someone had vomited into a bag and tied it off, but it wasn't airtight - it'd roll all over the bus leaving a sickly trail like a fucked-up paint roller. which made more people vomit.

Holy fuck I lol'd.

[mmmmmmmQuestions]

I live in a an apartment infested neighborhood with lots of discarded bikes left about not to mention bikes on racks that people don't lock for whatever reason. So, public transit is pretty legit; free.

[LostStranger]

I too use public transportation for most of my trip. In here, the traffic is really crowded and it's not uncommon for people to get stuck for hours. Not to mention most of the trip cost for about $0.3 for bus and $0.5 for trains for which means I can practically go around the city with very little money.

[Rook]

I live in an old farhouse isolated on a hill, 2/10ths mile from a side road.. 8 miles to the small town with nothing in it.. 25 miles to the mediocre college town with nothing in it, and 110 miles from an actual metropolis-esque city.. by which, I mean a small one in regards to what most of you would call a city. What is this public transportation? I'm fixing to get myself a horse and buggy.. or was until gas prices went down... might still consider that horse and buggy thing though.

[Cooking with Zyklon B]

The smaller passenger buses don't have change counters. So if I'm really broke or about to go cash my work check I'll try to catch one of those, and have gotten on for as little as $0.41. There were days I've been broke, having to ask for courtesy rides getting home from work near the port of Seattle, which is no longer a mandatory policy and is completely up to the drivers discretion. I would feel worse about having to do this except for a lot of times I just pay 2 $1 bills, and the black bus driver gives me a funny look, asks if I have the extra $0.25, and then 10 minutes later let droves of blacks on for free.
I try not to do that unless I absolutely have to, and if it's a payday I'll sometimes pay extra fare on the return trip. Normally the fare is $2.25-$2.50, depending on peak hours, and you get a transfer slip that's good for a few hours. We have a few express buses that don't accept transfers or give them so if you have to use 'em you'll end up paying over $5 for a trip one way.

The metro bus system in my area is all fuckered up. We agreed to a sales tax increase and higher car tabs so the bus system could be expanded 20% by 2016. Well it's 2014 and they are asking for more money. The crooked politicians screamed a bloody category 5 calamity would engulf the metro system if we didn't raise taxes yet again, and when that vote got shut down, they magically were able to find enough money to only cut the buses by about half of what they were threatening.

The politicians are robbing Washingtonian taxpayers blind. We privatized liquor sales, and the tax revenue was supposed to go towards law enforcement and alcohol abuse/education treatment. I-1183 was pretty clear on where the revenue was supposed to go. But somehow in 2012 when they were "balancing the budget" over 100 million of tax revenue from liquor sales was squandered into the state's financial black hole, aka the general fund.

[BITCH TITZ]

The only people who use public transport in my city are too poor and stupid to get even a $1000 old car. It's expensive as fuck but these poor get the monthly pass. If you don't have a car, you're an idiot in general.

[helladamnleet]

The only people who use public transport in my city are too poor and stupid to get even a $1000 old car. It's expensive as fuck but these poor get the monthly pass. If you don't have a car, you're an idiot in general.

One of the most retarded things I've ever read. Sometimes it's not as easy as just dropping $1000 on a car.

[zok jr.]

Yeah, no. I'm not poor I have a few vehicles. I did ride the bus as a kid sometimes but every single one smelled like piss and the people who f rode it were the absolute dregs of society.

[helladamnleet]

Yeah, no. I'm not poor I have a few vehicles. I did ride the bus as a kid sometimes but every single one smelled like piss and the people who f rode it were the absolute dregs of society.

I'm sorry to hear that. I have yet to ride on a bus that smells like piss because I live in a first-world country.